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nicooga

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2013-04-22

Posts: 10

[SOLVED] Confusion detecting graphic card model

So now that catalyst offers support for X 1.14 decided to give it a try. Sry in advance for the newbieness of this post but I'm having problems knowing wich card I have.

lspci | grep VGA
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710/M92 [Mobility Radeon HD 4530/4570/545v]

... wich is confusing beacuse it seems like I have a Radeon 4xxx, but the v545 is listed here as a 5xxx. Same happens with the codenames RV710 and M92. Thoughts?

Last edited by nicooga (2013-07-12 20:14:36)

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

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Re: [SOLVED] Confusion detecting graphic card model

See if you can use the vendor/device IDs to get a more specific reading as to what your device is.  Just use "lspci -nn" and look for the second part of the number that looks something like this [1002:5b60].  That is the output I get for my old ATI card that is in my headless home file server (unfortunately the damn mobo won't boot without a GPU in it). But the first part is the vendor ID, and the second is the PCI device ID.  This should more accurately determine what you have there.

Edit: This page was the second hit when I googled for "ATI device ID" http://www.pcidatabase.com/search.php?d … str=Radeon

Last edited by WonderWoofy (2013-07-12 19:57:43)

nicooga

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2013-04-22

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED] Confusion detecting graphic card model

$ lspci -nn | grep -i radeon
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710/M92 [Mobility Radeon HD 4530/4570/545v] [1002:9553]
02:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710/730 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4000 series] [1002:aa38]

Bingo! A search at pcidatabase did it. Great minds google same things (?). Thanks a lot .

Last edited by nicooga (2013-07-12 20:07:02)

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

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Re: [SOLVED] Confusion detecting graphic card model

No problem.  Please mark the thread as [Solved] which can be done by editing the first post.